Porcher Island

Past Producer in British Columbia, Canada with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133325
MAS/MILS ID 1220100109
Record type Site
Current site name Porcher Island
Alternate or previous names Edge Pass, Surf Point

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -130.58498, 54.02754 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prince Rupert(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
Canada British Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -130.58498, 54.02754

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1929

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Cathedral Gold Corp.
    Interest 100
    Year 1992

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1992
    Inferred 1382000mt ore
    Total resources 1382000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 6.9 g/mt Gold Major 1992

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MR 223 (GOV'T OF CANADA), 1989

  • Deposit

    CURRENT LATE-STAGE CANADIAN GOLD PROJECTS (METALS ECONOMICS

  • Deposit

    GROUP), 6/92, P.543-6

  • Deposit

    THE NORTHERN MINER, APRIL 11, 1994, P. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-FEB-1995 Porter, Kenneth E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.